Scott Tilley: Microsoft, Facebook pass major milestones

9:45 PM,
Feb. 6, 2014

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Scott Tilley
Technology Today

Two important technology stories took place this week: Facebook turned 10, and Microsoft selected a new CEO. Both companies have had an enormous impact on society. For the younger generation, many of whom cannot remember a time before social media, Facebook looms larger.

Microsoft spent most of its first 10 years pushing MS-DOS. When Microsoft turned 10 in 1985, it released Windows 1.0. Who knows if Bill Gates thought that the Windows operating system would become the dominant platform of personal computing for the next 30 years.